Gossip: Transfer and rumour - 9 November, 2013

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Brendan Rodgers will ask Liverpool's owners
for two big January signings to deliver Champions League football with
Greek forward Konstantinos Mitroglou, 25, high on the list of targets.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester United boss David Moyes has claimed that he
was close to signing Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 22, during his
time as manager Everton.

Zaha has been tipped for a loan move away from Old Trafford

Full story: Manchester Evening News Newcastle manager Alan Pardew wants to take
Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha on loan and has asked David
Moyes to let him have the 20-year-old prospect.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Fiorentina and Inter Milan are both plotting January moves for unsettled Southampton midfielder Gaston Ramirez.
Full story: talkSport Arsenal and Manchester United have been
handed a boost in the race to sign German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, 23,
after the player's father revealed there is no agreement in place
between his current club Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid.
Full story: Daily Star

OTHER GOSSIP

Sepp Blatter has admitted he is open to the
possibility of staging the 2022 World Cup in more than one Gulf nation
after revealing several countries had offered to co-host the tournament
with Qatar.
Full story: Independent
Former Real Madrid defender Aitor Karanka is in pole
position to succeed Ian Holloway as manager of Crystal Palace with the
Premier League's basement club hoping to make the appointment next week.
Full story: The Guardian

AND FINALLY

Wayne Rooney has been preparing for
Manchester United's clash against Arsenal on Sunday with a trip to see
teenager singer-songwriter Jake Bugg in concert in Manchester.
Full story: Daily Mail